Sponge mounting for finger moisteners



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Application filed January To all ywhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GRIFFIN WILLIAMS JONES, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and a resident of the city of Toronto, in the county ofYork, in the Province of Untario, Canada, have invented certain new anduseful lmprovements in Sponge lslountings for Finger Moisteners, ofwhich the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sponge mountings for lingermoisteners and the object of the invention is to devise a simple andeffective means for rotatably a finger moistener of the ordinary type sothat the periphery of the sponge will be exposed.

d further object is to devise such a mounting which can be readilyclipped onto and removed from the water container.

My invention consists of means for mounting the sponge in the watercontainer all as hereinafter more particularly described and illustratedin the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. l represents an elevational view of a sponge and container showingmy means for mounting the former in the latter.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof.

Fig. 3 is a plan view, and

Fig. 4 is an elevational detail of my means for mounting the sponge inthe container.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent views.

l is the water container, which is preferably constructed of the usualbowl-shape and is ordinarily constructed of glass. 2 is the spongehaving the orifice 3 therethrough. l is wire extending freely throughthe orifice El in the sponge and provided with the downwardly directedU-shaped lugs 5, the extremities 6 of the wire preferably beingpositioned horizontally so as to constitute hooks.

ln applying the rod 4 to the sponge, one end is preferably bent asshown, and the other left straight, the straight end being pushedthrough the orifice 3 and then formed into the shape illustrated. rlhesponge is inserted into the water container and held in place by theextremities 6 of the rod engaging the lip of the container, while theU-shaped lugs engage the interior thereof. On reference to the drawingit will be seen that the main portion of the rod 4f is slightly bowedand such rod is preferably constructed of wire with a certain amount ofspring to it, such as hardened brass wire.

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ln applying the rod to the container it will be seen that the ends aresprung inwardly a certain extent to permit the lugs 5 to pass the inneredge' of the lip of the container and when released the rod will assumethe position -illustrated in the drawing.

Where it is desired to use the sponge in counting bank notes, bonds andother papers where itis necessary to meisten the lingers it is foundthat a sponge rotatably mounted on edge in a container is much moreeffective than the ordinary sponge lying therein, as the user canreadily turn the sponge to get a freshly moistened surface.

llhile my invention is particularly designed for the above use it is tobe understood that it could with equal efiicacy be used for moisteninggum on envelope flaps, moistening stamps and other similar purposes andcould with equal facility be mounted by my mounting in any shape ofcontainer by merely altering the angle of the lugs 5.

`What l claim as my invention is.

l. The combination with the liquid container and the sponge, of a rodextending freely therethrough in a transverse direction and having hookshaped ends adapted to engage the lip of the container.

2. The combination with the liquid container and the sponge, of a rodextending freely therethrough in a transverse direction and having hookshaped ends adapted to engage the lip of the container, said rod beingconstructed of resilient material.

3. The combination with the liquid container and the sponge, of a rodextending freely therethrough in a transverse direction and having hookshaped ends adapted to engage the lip of the container, said rod havingdownwardly directed U-shaped lugs terminating in outwardly extendingends, said lugs and outwardly turned ends adapted to engage respectivelythe inside face of the lip and its upper edge.

d. The combination with the liquid container and the sponge, of a rodextending freely therethrough in a transverse direction and having hookshapedpends adapted to engage the lip of the container, saidk rod havingdownwardly directed U-shaped lugs terminating in outwardly extendingends, said lugs and outwardly turned ends adapted to engage respectivelythe inside face of the lip and its upper edge, said rod being con-JONES.

structed of resilient material.

GRIFFIN WILLAMS lil() lll)

